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ordonnance (iou)



ordonnance noun. ]'?:d?n?ns, ?rd?ns (pl. same) M17.
[French, alt. of Old French ordenance after Old & mod. French ordonner: see ORDINANCE.]
Systematic arrangement, esp. of literary material or architectural parts; a plan or method of literary or artistic composition; an architectural order. Cf. ORDINANCE 6b. M17.
Daedalus No symmetrical ordonnance in Michelangelo's composition is likely to be rigid.
In various European countries, esp. France, an ordinance, a decree, a law. M18.
French History. In full company of ordonnance. Any of those organized companies of men-at-arms who formed the beginnings of a standing army in France. M18.

Brown, Capability (oh)



(1716-83) a British Garden designer, who planned many large and famous gardens in castles and large country houses in England